Spiritual Warfare

Just yesterday I was outreaching for the healing night our care team group has this Saturday, when a man took a flyer and stopped.

He was a tall scandinavian man called Ardi (yes, also the name of that gibbon-like fossil that was claimed to be an early ancestor of man). He asked if the event was for Christ and I said it was. He then asked me to pray for a Jewish lady called Brahi. He told me that he had just recorded a professional pianist playing a peice of music that she requested, and that because the pianist was Messianic (believes in Jesus as Messiah) she was quite upset and had not shown any appreciation.

He seemed to have a burden for Israel and Jewish people and also asked me to pray for revival in Israel. He interestingly mentioned that he was riding his racing bicycle, on his way to deliver the CD of the pianist, when something told him to stop and pray. He stopped, prayed and carried on riding. He relayed that 20 seconds later a van pulled suddenly out in front of him - he had no time to stop, but found that he simply gently bumped the side of the van. The driver jumped out in a panic to see if he was okay, to which he replied he was fine.

Ardi encouraged me that I am in a battle and that what we are doing with the healing night was no doubt annoying the devil to the extreme. After such a testimony of an assault against the delivery of the CD to the Jewish lady we both agreed to lift up in prayer each others' needs - myself to pray for Brahi's salvation through the tesimony of Ardi and the Messianic Jews and Ardi to pray for covering over our healing night.

It is amazing the financial assault that has been sustained against us this month - it can be no coincidence. Praise God for the One who gives power over and against the devourer.